Unfortunately, Journals in Industrial, Work, and Organizational Psychology Still Fail to Support Open Science Practices

Abstract

Currently, journals in Industrial, Work, and Organizational (IWO) Psychology collectively do too little to support Open Science Practices. To address this problematic state of affairs, we first point out numerous problems that characterize the IWO Psychology literature. We then describe seven frequent arguments, which all lead to the conclusion that the time is not ripe for IWO Psychology to broadly adopt Open Science Practices. To change this narrative and to promote the necessary change, we reply to these arguments and explain how Open Science Practices can contribute to a better future for IWO Psychology with more reproducible, replicable, and reliable findings.